Eugene Millikin

Eugene Donald Millikin (12 February 1891-26 July 1958) was a US Senator from Colorado (R) from 20 December 1941 to 3 January 1957 (succeeding Alva B. Adams and preceding John A. Carroll).

Biography
Eugene Donald Millikin was born in Hamilton, Ohio in 1891, and he became a lawyer in Utah in 1913 after attending college in Colorado. He served as executive secretary to the governor from 1915 to 1917, and he served in the US Army in France during World War I, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Upon his return, Millikin became a lawyer in Denver, and he was appointed to succeed Alva B. Adams in the US Senate in 1941. He served until 1957, when he retired, having not been a candidate for renomination.